Piece Of Art In Reference To The Socioeconomic Classes In America (Term Paper Sample)

Socioeconomic classes in America
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The American social society is modified and stratified into diverse socioeconomic based classes. These social classes based on wealth status, education status and achievements, occupation, as well as income. The diversity and inequality in income experienced in the modern American society plays a significant role in setting and widening social boundaries. Many scholarly literature and models illustrating and defining social class in America have declared it a controversial and debatable topic due to the presence of diverse models and theories explaining it and some defying it. Most models classify the social classes into three distinct groups, the rich, middle class and poor. The American population is classified and stratified under a hierarchical social structure.
This study seeks to study analyze, evaluate, and examine an image depicting American socioeconomic status. The image shows a three stage platform, with each stage depicting different kind of people, lifestyles and social behaviors. The image shows a triple decker with each decker defining a single social economic class in the American society. The triple decker in the image demonstrates the three tier social model. The model offers information and explanation for social segregation experienced in the modern American society. It mainly attributes the discrepancy in social classes to diversity in income levels as well as educational influence. In analyzing this image based on the three tier social class model, this study will described the social gaps and diversity, based on influences of factors such as education, occupation and income.
The image shows a group of shabby, scruffy and grungy looking individuals on the lower most stage in the image. The people look hopeless and desperate. The environment in which they are staged is filthy and unhealthy. Their clothing and beddings are dirty and tattered with numerous patches. This is an illustration of the lower and poor class in America. This is characterized by joblessness, low income and low and lack education. These factors significantly contribute to poverty. These people lack accessibility to basic public amenities and services. The tattered and patches clothing and beddings depict poverty. The expression and depiction of an unhealthy and filthy environment demonstrate inadequate government and public amenities and services. The environment is defined by poor and low quality housing.
The image depicts two stepladders. They are fixed and attached on both ends of the hierarchy structure. Two individual are depicted to be climbing up the ladders, a male individual holding a book and a lady with a hand bag. In this caption, the ladders demonstrate class mobility. Mobility from one class to the other is influenced by the availability of resources and opportunities. In this study, mobility is influenced and effected increase in income and enhanced education level. The male with climbing the ladder and holding a book, demonstrated the influence and opportunity to avail by education in class mobility. Education atta...